See how easy it is to book Pete over the Internet

Esession is the main new internet based site for hiring musicians and getting your projects recorded and polished by some of the best musicians, mixers and producers in the world.  It is a really great and easy to use interface which allows you to work with people on the other side of the world instantly via a flash based intuitive interface.  From the best LA drummers to the finest Indian Tabla players, internationally acclaimed guitarists, vocalists and keyboard players.  They can all be on your projects with a mouse click.

This page is here to demonstrate how easy it is to get these things in motion.   It is simply a matter of registering and then sending work requests to the players you want to work with.   After you have set up a project and created your song page it is a matter of sending work requests to your chosen musicians.  Then after agreeing terms, fees etc the recording would be done at the musicians studio and the files are sent via the esession interface. This is a really intuitive and easy process.  It is explained clearly below but first, here is an into video.
 
To begin with you would choose the option to go to the song page via the option on the right of the main page.

This takes a while to load the Java interface.

This takes you into the main song page. This is clearly laid out with your local drives on your computer on the left and the server interface on the right.  Things can be dragged and dropped or else the download / upload buttons can be used. (Some of these images are clickable to enlarge for a clearer view.)

Then in the top right hand corner you have a choice of your projects and the individual song titles within each of those projects.  All the files for each song are within logically organised individual folders.

Then there are four main choices within the song page.

Within the song files you get these choices.

Within the stem bank each individual musician has their own folder.  At the upper level you see an overview of all the players.  You need to select your own folder to upload and download.

This is how the page changes when I have selected my Pete Lockett folder.

Then when you have selected the files to upload on your local drive the upload button at the bottom of the window illuminates slightly to become active and clickable. That would then produce an activity bar in the transfers window next to the stem bank tab.

The other options mix bank, session bin etc work in the same way.  There is an mp3 player as well which is useful for an instant reference of the various stages and updates of a project.

The song details tab is self explanatory.  Key, bpm, file format etc.

Then the song team tab lists everyone working on the project and an instant messaging option.

The fourth tab is the song history tab.  An itemisation of every addition and change to the song folders so you can keep track of what's been happening.

It is a really straightforward and instant way of working with people, however far away they are.  This will revolutionise the face of session recording and in a few years this will be one of the main strands for people setting up and executing recording projects.   Finally, here is a one shot outline of what to do.

PETE LOCKETT; Pete is one of the most versatile multi-percussionists today and the wide range of artists he’s worked with reflects the diversity of his playing. He has recorded and / or toured with many famous artists from across the world including Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, Bill Bruford, Natacha Atlas, Texas, Craig Armstrong, Adrian Sherwood, the Verve and David Arnold amongst others besides many of the top names from India and Pakistan including A R Rahman, Zakir Hussain, Nitin Sawhney, Hariharan, Reshma, Selva Ganesh, Vikku Vinayakram, the Dhol Foundation, Mandolin U Rajesh and Ganesh Kumaresh. Pete has the unique ability to play traditional instruments out of their normal cultural setting and make them sit within the music comfortably.

http://www.esession.com/petelockett